Or sometimes it's easier to use a custom template and generate additional methods that automatically convert between String and boolean values.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:08 PM, John Huss <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out the code for org.apache.cayenne.access.types.BooleanType and it's > subclasses. I think you need to create your own extended type to handle > it. Not sure if you can have multiple different BooleanTypes in the same > runtime, but you could have one that detects and switches > behavior dynamically I guess. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:19 PM Hugi Thordarson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> Oh the joys of working with legacy databases… :) I’m now using a database >> that sometimes stores boolean values as a char field with the value ’t’ or >> ‘f’ (true or false). Can Cayenne help me map these fields to actual >> booleans in my entities so I don’t have to think about this in my logic? >> >> Cheers, >> - hugi
